Hand garden fork



'Patented Apr. 22,1930' UNrrn 'ras HARRY T. KINGSBURY, OF KEENE, NEWHAIVIPSHIRE HAND GARDEN roinri Appncation mea December s, 192s. fsriiiv.324,697.,

The invention relates to new and useful a: closed handlev with the upperend thereof l improvements in a hand garden fork which is made fromsheet metal.

An object of the invention isV to provide a 5 simple, cheap, strong handgarden fork from a single blank of sheet metal wherein the tines arereinforced against lateral bending and the shank is likewise reinforcedagainst bending at the juncture of the tines and handle therewith, andwherein'all of said reinforcements are accomplished through the bendingand shaping of the sheet metal.

In the drawings :--y y Fig. 1 is a plan view of a hand garden forkembodying the invention.

Fig. 2 is a side view of the same.

Fig. 3 is a view partly in side elevation nd partly in section4 on theline 3 3 of ig. 1. f

Fig. 4 is a section on the line 1f-4 of Fig. l.

Fig. 5 is a View of aportion of the fork from the under face thereof. f

The invention is directed to a hand garden fork which is made from sheetmetal by stamping and bending the same. The fork includes a shank, ahandle, and tines, all of which are integral. Y The tines are shaped bybending the metal so as to be strengthened against lateral bending andthe tines are caused to extend into the shank through a bending of themetal of the shank. This not only reinforces the shank but also thejuncture between the tine and the shank. The

-handle is preferably bent so as toform a closed handle with van upperrounded end. The shank is further bent along its outer edge so as toprovide a ange extending at right angles to the plane of the shank andthisriiange extends into the outerA tines and into thehandle so as toreinforce the shank against lateral bending and also reinforce theportion of the fork Vj oining the shankand the handle.

Referring more in detail to the drawings, the invention is'embodied in ahand garden fork which consists of a shank portion 1, a

lhandle 2, and tines 3, 3, 3, 3. This garden tool is made from sheetmetal. cut to proper shape and the blank is stamped into proper shape.The handle is preferably A blank is rounded as indicated at 4 in;thedrawings.'r Thisihandlerconstruction is similar to 'that' shown anddescribed inV connection with the handtrow'el in" thel Harry T.lKingsburyk Patent, 1,321,055, granted November 4, 1919. 1

Eachtine is 'stamped so as to beI substan tiallyfV-shaped in crosssection, thus providing side walls 5, 5 which are connected byk a?roundedportion 6 which is the upper edge of the tine. The shank 1 islikewise bent in line with the tines so that a rib V-.shaped in crosstines, and the tines may be said to extend into the shank. This shapingofthe tines not only strengthens and reinforces the tines against anylateral bending, but the extending of the tines into the shank likewisereinforces the shank against any lateral bending, and particularly alongthe line where the tines join the shank.

The portion of the shank at the lower end ofv y thehandle isbentupwardly as indicated at 8 in the drawing and 'this greatly reinforcesthe connection between the handle and the shank. This reinforcement liesvery close to the upper ends of the tines 7 7 The shank along its outeredge is bent at right angles to the plane of the shank as indicated at 9in the drawing. This flange 9 extends all the way around and into thehandleand isY integrally connected to the handle. The flange extendsinto the outer wall of the outer tines'v so that the outer wall 5of the outer tines is in line with Vand becomes a part of thflange.

From the above description it will be apparent that a hand garden forkhasbe'en provided which is`veryv simplev as it is a one-piececonstruction, and very cheap as it is 'made'4 from a single blank ofsheet metal, and very strong as all of the parts are reinforced ashapingl of the metal so as to prevent ieu v iiangeiextending at anangle t the piane 0iv bending of the parts through lateral strainthereon.

It is obvious that minor changes in the details of construction may bemade Without departing from the spirit of the invention as :set forth inthe appended claims.

Having fully deseribed my invent-ion, what I ela-iin as new and desiretolseeurevby Let ters Patent, is i l. A sheet metal` hand garden forkcoin- .prising a shank, a handie; and tine's, all of which are formedintegral With each.` other, the inetal of the shank being` bent so thatthe tines extend into the shankrand reinforce the same, said shank beingbent to provide a the shank along-itsroute edge and-extending into`v thehandleA and Aouter* 'Wa-11 ofthe outer tinsiV 1 2. A` sheet. nietai handgarden fork corn- 'prising a shank, a handle, and ti'es, all ot whichare -fornied integral with each other` said metal of the tines beingbent V-Shaped in Cross-'section and said Shank being similarly i bentinto' alignment with the tines so that the e tinee extend into theshank, said Sha-nkbeing also ben-t So' as to provide a flange extendinglat an angle .to the plane of the shank along the outer edge of theshank. andv extending into the han-'die and into the outer Wal-1 of theouter tines.` Y 1 In'testi'r'noi'iv whereof, I affix'v my signature;

HARRY T1 KINGSBURY;

